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Old English Dictionary Entry

Of-hreósan

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1 of-hreósan

I. to overwhelm, cover, bury; obrnere :-- Oft eorþ-styrung fela burhga ofhreás, Homl. Th. i. 608, 26. Ðæt ne ða sleacgi-endan hé (sompnolentia) ofhreóse (obruat), Hymn. Surt. 18, 15. Swylce hé sý mid moldhýpan ofhroren. Homl. Th. i. 492, 33. Sume (martyrs) mid stánum ofhrorene, 542, 30. Mid sande ofhrorene operti humo Num. 16, 33. Ofhrorenne obrutum, Hpt. Gl. 487, 25. Ofrorene obruti, 506, 7: obrutos, 478, 77. II. to fall down: -- Heofonas berstaþ, tungol of hreósaþ. Exon. Th. 58, 12 ; Cri. of-hreosan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠ-ᚻᚱᛖᚩᛋᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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